JOSEPH PLAZO’S HARD RESET ON THE AGE OF ALGORITHMS

The mood was electric, the room expectant. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But instead, they were handed a reality few had expected.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bring slides. He didn’t open with

It began like a celebration. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But instead, they were handed a reality few had expected.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bring slides